A. Research Interests：physical ergonomics, environmental health, musculoskeletal disorders, wearable design。

B. Keywords：ergonomics, industrial design, wearable devices, occupational physical activities, skin sensitivity, sleep loss, comfort experience, thermal comfort assessment, human reliability assessment

C. Journal Reviewer：Appl Ergon, Ergonomics, Int J Ind Ergon, Build Environ, Indoor Built Environ, Accid Anal Prev, Work, Nat Commun, Sci Rep, J Intell Fuzzy Syst, IEEE Access, J Advanced Design Research, Traffic Transp Eng, Data Brief, Space-Sci Tech, Displays, Safety Sci.

D. Conference Reviewer: Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, (HEFS Society)

E. Editorial Board Member: Advanced Design Research (Science Press & Elsevier)

F.  Personal Academic Webpage：

• ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4182-4343.
  

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=dYClAbwAAAAJ.

• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hao-Fan-15.

• WoS Publons: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/ABI-4706-2020.

G. Research Projects:

1. 2024-2025, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. 

2. 2019-2023, UC Berkeley, UCSF, Liberty Mutual, and NIOSH: Effects of wearable devices on exposure assessment and control strategies, part 2: SpineTrack.
   

3. 2016-2022, Effects of physical ergonomic factors on wearing comfort for ear-related wearables.

4. 国家重点研发计划：2019YFB1405701，参研。
   

5. 陕西省重点研发计划：2019GY-216，参研。

6. 航空工业第一飞机设计研究院项目：xxxxxx，xx-xxxx-x-xxx，参研。

7. 工业与信息化部民用飞机专项科研项目：xxxxxx，xx-xxxx-x-xxx，参研。

A. Education

• 2019 - 2021, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Environmental Health Sciences, Joint-training PhD Program

• 2015 - 2022, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Industrial Design & Ergonomics, PhD

• 2012 - 2015, School of Mechanical Engineering & School of Arts, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Design Science, MA

• 2008 - 2012, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Industrial Design, BA

B. Work Experience

• 2023 - Present, Department of Design, Southeast University, Lecturer/Asst Prof

• 2022 - 2023, Institute of Modern Industrial Design, Zhejiang University, Research Fellow

• 2019 - 2022, UC Ergonomics Laboratory Berkeley & San Francisco, & Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Lab Researcher

• 2016 - 2017, AVIC the First Aircraft Institute, Designer (Part Time)

• 2015, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Teaching (Part Time)

• 2014, XCMG Research Institute, Designer (Part Time)

• 2013, National Ocean Technology Center, Designer (Part Time)

• 2012, Summer Davos 2012, World Economic Forum, Volunteer

• 2010, Summer Davos 2010, World Economic Forum, Volunteer

• 2010, Design Education, Guizhou Province, Volunteer

C. Membership

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)

A. Journal Articles

A1. 2024

[1]     Cun, Wenzhe, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Yanhao Chen, Jianhua Sun, and Hao Fan*. 2024. “Exploration of Multimodal Alarms for Civil Aircraft Flying Task: A Laboratory Study.” Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries. April 2023: 1–13. (SCI, SSCI)

[2]     Chai, Chunlei, Yu Lei, Haoran Wei, Changxu Wu, Wei Zhang, Preben Hansen, Hao Fan, and Jinlei Shi. 2024. “The Effects of Various Auditory Takeover Requests: A Simulated Driving Study Considering the Modality of Non-Driving-Related Tasks.” Applied Ergonomics 118 (February). (SCI, SSCI)

[3]     Liu, Xinnan, Hao Fan, Preben Hansen, Ning Zou, and Chunlei Chai. 2024. “Exploring the Efficacy of Hybrid-Sketch: An Investigation into Conceptual Support in the Early Design Stage.” Journal of Engineering Design, no. June. (SCI)

A2. 2023

[1]     Fan, Hao*, Mengcheng Wang, Xiao Zhao, Yihui Ren, Chen Chen, Yunjie Dou, Jinlei Shi, Dengkai Chen, Carisa Harris-Adamson, and Chunlei Chai. 2023. “Effects of Variations in the Tragus Expansion Angle on Users’ Comfort for In-Ear Wearables.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 67 (1): 1–7. (HFES)

[2]     Chen, Chen, Shusheng Zhang, Jianjie Chu, Suihuai Yu, Ning Ding, Hang Zhao, Zhaojing Su, and Hao Fan*. 2023. “Advanced Engineering Informatics Member Combination Selection for Product Collaborative Design under the Open Innovation Model.” Advanced Engineering Informatics 55 (October 2022). (SCI)

[3]     Wang, Long, Suihuai Yu, Dengkai Chen, Wenhua Li, Jianjie Chu, and Hao Fan*. 2023. “Effects of Aircraft Tray Table Height and Neck Posture on Passenger Comfort: A Study of the Economy Class Cabin.” Work 75 (1): 287–302. (SSCI)

[4]     Chai, Chunlei, Xiyuan Zhang, Qing Chai, Yang Yin, Wenan Li, Jinlei Shi, Hao Fan, Xinnan Liu, Deyin Zhang, and Ning Zou. 2023. “Immersive 2D versus 3D: How Does the Form of Virtual Reality Inspirational Stimuli Affect Conceptual Design?” The Design Journal.  (AHCI)

[5]     Huang, Yuexin, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Hao Fan, and Bin Du. 2023. “Using Knowledge Graphs and Deep Learning Algorithms to Enhance Digital Cultural Heritage Management.” Heritage Science 11 (1): 1–26. (SCI, AHCI)

[6]     Huang, Yuexin, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Zhaojing Su, Yangfan Cong, Hanyu Wang, and Hao Fan. 2023. “Combining Deep Learning with Knowledge Graph for Design Knowledge Acquisition in Conceptual Product Design.” Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 1–34. (SCI)

[7]     Wang, Hanyu, Dengkai Chen, Yuexin Huang, Yahan Zhang, Yidan Qiao, Jianghao Xiao, Ning Xie, and Hao Fan. 2023. “Assessment of Vigilance Level during Work: Fitting a Hidden Markov Model to Heart Rate Variability.” Brain Sciences 13 (4): 638. (SCI)

[8]     Huang, Yuexin, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Zhaojing Su, Yaokang Zhu, Hanyu Wang, Mengcheng Wang, and Hao Fan. 2022. “Design Knowledge Graph-Aided Conceptual Product Design Approach Based on Joint Entity and Relation Extraction.” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: 1–23. (SCI)

[9]     Huang, Yuexin, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Zhaojing Su, Hanyu Wang, Yangfan Cong, and Hao Fan. 2023. “Knowledge Extraction and Knowledge Graph Construction for Conceptual Product Design Based on Joint Learning.” Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems 29 (7): 2313–2326. (EI, 北大核心, CSCD)

A3. 2022

[1]     Wang, Mengcheng⁺, Hao Fan^+,*, Suihuai Yu, Xiao Zhao, Long Wang, Wenhua Li, Lei Wang, et al. 2022. “Effects of Variations in the Tragus Expansion Angle on Physical Comfort for In-Ear Wearables.” Ergonomics 65 (10). Taylor & Francis: 1352–1372. (SCI, SSCI)

[2]     Wang, Mengcheng, Hao Fan*, Suihuai Yu, Long Wang, Jianjie Chu, Xing Tang, Wenhua Li, Xiao Zhao, Shuai Zhang, and Dengkai Chen. 2022. “Analysis of the Auricles and Auricular Shape Types for Ear-Related Wearables: A Study of Mainland Chinese Sample Aged 15–79.” Work 73 (1): 335–352. (SSCI)

[3]     Tang, Xing, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Luwei Zhang, Hao Fan, Yukun Hu, and Gang Jiang. 2022. “Effect of Airplane Passenger Seat Armrest Height on Human Neck Comfort When Using a Smartphone.” International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 35 (2): 199–208. (CSCI)

A4. 2021

[1]     Fan, Hao*, Suihuai Yu, Mengcheng Wang, Mei Li, Jianjie Chu, Yishu Yan, Shuai Zhang, Dengkai Chen, and Carisa Harris-Adamson. 2021. “Analysis of the External Acoustic Meatus for Ergonomic Design: Part I – Measurement of the External Acoustic Meatus Using Casting, Scanning and Rapid Estimation Approaches.” Ergonomics 64 (5). Taylor & Francis: 640–656. (SCI, SSCI; Ergonomics 2021 Featured Articles; 2022 Ergonomics Best Paper Award Shortlisted Articles, Ergonomics, Taylor & Francis, and CIEHF Annual Conference)

[2]     Fan, Hao*, Suihuai Yu, Mengcheng Wang, Mei Li, Xiao Zhao, Yihui Ren, Shuai Zhang, Dengkai Chen, and Carisa Harris Adamson. 2021. “Analysis of the External Acoustic Meatus for Ergonomic Design: Part II – Anthropometric Variations of the External Acoustic Meatus by Sex, Age and Side in Chinese Population.” Ergonomics 64 (5). Taylor & Francis: 657–670. (SCI, SSCI)

[3]     Wang, Long, Hao Fan*, Jianjie Chu, Dengkai Chen, and Suihuai Yu. 2021. “Effect of Personal Space Invasion on Passenger Comfort and Comfort Design of an Aircraft Cabin.”. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (June): 1–15. (SCI, SSCI)

[4]     Yan, Yishu, Hao Fan, Yibin Li, Elias Hoeglinger, Alexander Wiesinger, Alan Barr, Grace D. O’Connell, and Carisa Harris-Adamson. 2021. “Applying Wearable Technology and a Deep Learning Model to Predict Occupational Physical Activities.” Applied Sciences 11 (20): 1–17. (SCI)

[5]     Wang, Mengcheng, Chuan Zhao, Alan Barr, Hao Fan, Suihuai Yu, Jay Kapellusch, and Carisa Harris Adamson. 2021. “Hand Posture and Force Estimation Using Surface Electromyography and an Artificial Neural Network.” Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, May, 1–21. (SCI, SSCI)

[6]     Cun, Wenzhe, Rong Mo, Jianjie Chu, Suihuai Yu, Huizhong Zhang, Hao Fan, Yanhao Chen, Mengcheng Wang, Hui Wang, and Chen Chen. 2021. “Sitting Posture Detection and Recognition of Aircraft Passengers Using Machine Learning.” Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 35 (3): 284–294. (SCI)

[7]     Tang, Xing, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, and Hao Fan*. 2021. “Damaged/Missing Proximity Sensor Induces Screen Mistouch When Answering Calls: Prediction of Smartphone Answering Status by Posture Data.” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems 41 (1): 1963–1974. (SCI)

[8]     Wang, Wenzhong, Shusheng Zhang, Cong Ye, Dengkai Chen, and Hao Fan. 2021. “Simulation and Optimization for Operating Attitudes of Virtual Submariners of Manned Submersibles.” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology 53 (8): 163–170. (EI, 北大核心, CSCD) 

A5. 2020

[1]     Fan, Hao*, Mengcheng Wang, Carisa Harris Adamson, Yihui Ren, Jianjie Chu, and Suihuai Yu. 2020. “Anthropometric Analysis of External Acoustic Meatus for Ergonomic Design.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 64 (1): 1833–1835. (HFES)

[2]     Yan, Yishu, Hao Fan, Yibin Li, Elias Hoeglinger, Alexander Wiesinger, Alan Barr, and Carisa Harris Adamson. 2020. “Prediction of Occupational Physical Activities Using Inertial Measurement Units and Deep Learning Models.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 64 (1): 879–881. (HFES)

[3]     Su, Zhaojing, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Qingbo Zhai, Jing Gong, and Hao Fan. 2020. “A Novel Architecture: Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Kansei Attributes Automatic Evaluation and Labeling.” Advanced Engineering Informatics 44 (1). Elsevier: 101055. (SCI) 

A6. 2019

[1]     Fan, Hao*, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Mengcheng Wang, Dengkai Chen, Shuai Zhang, Wenzhong Wang, Tong Wu, and Ning Wang. 2019. “Anthropometric Characteristics and Product Categorization of Chinese Auricles for Ergonomic Design.” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 69 (1). Elsevier: 118–141. (SCI, SSCI)

[2]     Wang, Mengcheng, Hao Fan*, Carisa Harris, and Suihuai Yu. 2019. “Anthropometric Characteristics of Chinese Auricles for Ergonomic Design.” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 63 (1): 1962–1963. (HFES)

[3]     Zhang, Shuai, Weiping He, Dengkai Chen, Jianjie Chu, and Hao Fan*. 2019. “A Dynamic Human Reliability Assessment Approach for Manned Submersibles Using PMV-CREAM.” International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering 11 (2). Elsevier BV: 782–795. (SCI)

[4]     Fan, Jiashuang, Suihuai Yu, Jianjie Chu, Fangmin Cheng, Hao Fan, Long Wang, Hui Wang, and Jie Li. 2019. “A Novel Hybrid Decision-Making Model for Team Building in Cloud Service Environment.” International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 32 (12): 1134–1153. (SCI)

[5]     Zhang, Shuai, Weiping He, Dengkai Chen, Jianjie Chu, Hao Fan, and Xiaosai Duan. 2019. “Thermal Comfort Analysis Based on PMV/PPD in Cabins of Manned Submersibles.” Building and Environment 148 (1): 668–676. (SCI)

[6]     Zhang, Shuai, Weiping He, Dengkai Chen, Cong Ye, Weizhe Xu, and Hao Fan. 2019. “Compound Evaluation Method for the Space Comfort of Manned Submersible.” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology 51 (10): 83–90. (EI, 北大核心, CSCD)

[7]     Zhang, Shuai, Suihuai Yu, Dengkai Chen, Cong Ye, and Hao Fan. 2019. “Thermal Comfort Analysis of Deep-Sea Operating Cabin of Manned Submersible.” Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology 51 (4): 33–39. (EI, 北大核心, CSCD)

B. Chapters in Books

[1]     Zhao, Liangliang, Ao Jiang, Yan Zhao, Hao Fan, and Kun Yu. 2024. “The Effect of Color on Responsiveness in the Interactive Interface of the Space Station Alerting Task (SSAT).” In Design, User Experience, and Usability, edited by Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, and Marcelo M. Soares, HCII 2024:175–186. Springer Nature Switzerland.

[2]     Huang, Zhangchenlong, Ao Jiang B, Yan Zhao, Hao Fan, and Kun Yu. 2024. “The Impact of Correlated Colour Temperature on Physiological Responses , Task Precision and Subjective Satisfaction in a Simulated Node3 Aft Cabin of the Space Station.” In Design, User Experience, and Usability, edited by Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, and Marcelo M. Soares, Design, Us:68–87. Springer Nature Switzerland.

C. Presentations

(1)     Effects of Variations in the Tragus Expansion Angle on Users’ Comfort for In-Ear Wearables. 2023. 67th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

(2)     Applying Wearable Technology and a Deep Learning Model to Predict Occupational Physical Activities. 2021. 2021 Fall Gathering of North California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Center.

(3)     Prediction of Occupational Physical Activities Using Inertial Measurement Units and Deep Learning Models. 2021. 24th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference.

(4)     Prediction of Occupational Physical Activities Using Inertial Measurement Units and Deep Learning Models. 2020. 64th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

(5)     Anthropometric Analysis of External Acoustic Meatus for Ergonomic Design. 2020. 64th International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

(6)     Prediction of Occupational Physical Activities Using Inertial Measurement Units and Deep Learning Models.2020. 18th Annual Regional National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Young/New Investigators Symposium.

(7)     Anthropometric Analysis of External Acoustic Meatus for Ergonomic Design. 2020. 18th Annual Regional National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Young/New Investigators Symposium.

(8)     Anthropometric Characteristics of Chinese Auricles for Ergonomic Design. 2019. 17th Annual Regional National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Young/New Investigators Symposium.

(9)     Anthropometric Characteristics of Chinese Auricles for Ergonomic Design. 2019. 63rd International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

D. Patents

D1. Patents issued

1.  CN105943041B 

2.  CN107140235B 

3.  CN107138506B 

4.  CN107194082B 

5.  CN108274422B 

6.  CN205795694U 

7.  CN207000843U  

D2. Patents pending

1.  CN108321902A 

2.  CN108980661A 

3.  CN108498964A 

4.  CN108281007A 

• 2022，2022 Ergonomics Best Paper Award Shortlisted Articles, Ergonomics , Taylor & Francis &  CIEHF Annual Conference

• 2022，西北工业大学优秀博士毕业生

• 2021，Ergonomics 2021 Featured Articles, Ergonomics , Taylor & Francis （64 (5)）

• 2018，3rd China Design Exhibition: Industrial design for cockpit and cabin of MA700, Ministry of Culture and Tourism (3/4)